Great War at Sea:
Swan of the East

For close to 200 years, the British Empire looked to India as its most valuable possession. In the late 1700’s India represented more than 20 percent of global economic output; looting the subcontinent funded Britain’s industrial revolution.

Defense of the vital Indian Ocean trade routes fell to the Royal Navy, which had made those waters British lake. Yet during the Great War German raiders made daring forays into the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, successfully interdicting vital commerce and tying down Allied warships.

Swan of the East tells the story of famous German commerce raiders like the light cruiser Emden, the armed merchant ship Moewe, and the sailing ship (yes, sailing ship) Seeadler. It’s actually two books: one devoted to the history of the campaign (128 pages) and another (64 pages) with 36 new scenarios. The Historical Study is a new type of book for us: with so much history and other background that we have to put it in its own book, and then the game scenarios and game stuff in their own, separate book.

East Asia Squadron tells the story of the squadron and its doomed voyage across the Pacific to a fatal encounter off the Falkland Islands, shown in the game Great War at Sea: The Far Side of the World. Swan of the East extends the story, using pieces from The Far Side of the World and Jutland 2e, and the maps from Second World War at Sea: Eastern Fleet and Horn of Africa to tell the story of German commerce raiding in the Indian Ocean through 36 new scenarios.

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Stock Code (Historical Study duo): APL8828

Stock Code (East Asia Squadron book): APL7004

Price (Swan of the East Historical Study duo): $44.99

Price (East Asia Squadron book only):$29.99

Status: Coming Soon

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